South Korea Grapples with Alarming Decline in Birth Rates Amid National Crisis Fears koreabizwire.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from koreabizwire.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
While classrooms are shrinking in South Korea as a consequence of waning fertility rates, classrooms in Seoul have been seeing a steady rise in the number of students with multicultural backgrounds. Data released by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education on Sunday indicates that at least 4 in 10 students at nine elementary schools in Seoul have at least one parent of non-Korean nationality or who is naturalized. .
North Korea has not responded to South Korea s request for prior notice should it release water from its border dams to minimize damage from heavy rains, Seoul s unification minist.